The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

The Voyager spacecraft accomplished one of the most extraordinary exploration missions in history. During their journeys past the outer planets, the probes revealed previously unimaginable discoveries ...

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JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

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Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, holds an outsized secret that some researchers believe could reshape how humans think about expanding into space. With an iron core that dominates its ...

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...

NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons ...

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background ...

Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission A senior Chinese space scientist and delegate to the country’s national congress is proposing the prioritization of an unprecedented ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

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